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After rallying to tie the score, the Astros pushed across a run in the 11th inning to beat the Phillies, 8-7. Larry Bowa had a hand in the Phillies' first four runs, scoring two and driving in two with a triple. Ron Stone doubled with the bases loaded in the eighth, counting three other runs and putting the Phillies ahead, 7-5.

The Astros picked up a run on singles by Norm Miller and Marty Martinez and a double by Joe Morgan in their half of the eighth and tied the count in the ninth on a walk to Jim Wynn, a single by Doug Rader and sacrifice fly by Miller. In the 11th, Wynn singled, Rader sacrificed and Denis Menke broke up the game with a single. [The Sporting News]


Houston Astros 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Game Played on Friday, June 5, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome

Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    3  3  0    0  0  -   7 13  1
Astros       0  0  2    2  0  0    1  1  1    0  1  -   8 12  3


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon 3b             6   0   2   0     0   1   .206      Morgan 2b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .274
Doyle 2b              6   0   0   0     0   3   .231      Davis lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Hisle rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .203        Beauchamp lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Johnson 1b            5   1   2   0     0   1   .210        Lampard ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Browne cf             5   2   2   0     0   2   .224      Wynn cf               4   2   2   0     2   0   .309
Hutto lf,c            4   2   1   0     0   0   .214      Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     2   1   .268
  Selma p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Menke ss              6   0   1   1     0   2   .338
Bates c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Watson 1b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .188
  Stone lf            3   0   1   3     0   1   .253        Miller rf           1   1   1   1     0   0   .267
Bowa ss               4   2   3   2     1   0   .226      Pepitone rf,1b        4   1   2   0     1   2   .262
Short p               1   0   0   1     0   1   .056      Bryant c              4   0   0   1     0   3   .250
  Joseph ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Lemaster p            1   1   0   0     2   0   .120
  Gamble ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .125        Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  G. Jackson pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .063        DiLauro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wise ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Martinez ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .308
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bouton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .417
  Compton c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .268        Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               45   7  13   7     1  12             Totals               38   8  12   5     8   9

Time of Game: 3:32   Attendance: 12,292
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Astros 11
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 0
Errors: Harmon, Morgan, Menke, Bryant
Doubles: Hisle (8), Stone (4), Davis (6), Pepitone (8), Wynn (16), Morgan (10)
Triples: Bowa (2)
Stolen Bases: Bowa 2 (5), Harmon (2), Wynn (12), Morgan (11)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (5), Pepitone (2), Morgan (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Rader (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Short (1), Bryant (1), Morgan (1), Miller (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Short                   6     5   4   2   4   4   0  27   5.09
Lersch                  1     1   1   0   1   1   0   5   3.86
Hoerner                 0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.12
Selma L(2-4)            2.2   3   2   2   3   3   0  13   3.77
Totals                 10.1  12   8   5   8   9   0  50

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemaster                6.2   5   4   3   0   5   0  26   4.64
Gladding                0.2   4   3   2   0   1   0   7   4.87
DiLauro                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.97
Marshall                0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0.00
Bouton                  2     2   0   0   0   4   0   8   6.59
Ray W(3-2)              1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.01
Totals                 11    13   7   5   1  12   0  47

Passed Balls: Hutto (2), Bates (5)
Wild Pitches: Lersch (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Lee Weyer


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle
grounded out (second to first); Hisle flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan lined to first; Davis grounded out (shortstop
to first); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson struck out; Browne grounded out (third to
first); Hutto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader walked; Menke flied out to right; Bates
allowed a passed ball [Rader to second]; Watson flied out to
right; Pepitone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bates grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled
to left; Bowa stole second [Bowa to third (error by Bryant)];
Short hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa scored (unearned)];
Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Bryant was called out on strikes; Lemaster walked;
Morgan flied out to right; Davis doubled to right [Lemaster to
third]; Wynn reached on an error by Harmon [Lemaster scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wynn to
first]; Wynn stole second; Rader walked; Menke struck out; 2 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Hisle
doubled to left; Johnson reached on an error by Menke [Hisle to
third, Johnson to first]; Browne was called out on strikes;
Hutto grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled to left; Pepitone doubled to left
[Watson to third]; Bryant hit a sacrifice fly to center [Watson
scored, Pepitone to third]; Lemaster walked; Morgan hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Pepitone scored]; Davis forced Lemaster
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros
4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bates grounded out (second to first); Bowa
grounded out (shortstop to first); Short was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Wynn doubled to left; Rader grounded out (pitcher to
first); Menke flied out to left; Watson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Harmon flied out to right; Doyle struck out; Hisle
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Pepitone singled to right; Pepitone was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); STONE REPLACED BATES
(PLAYING LF); HUTTO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Bryant
struck out; Lemaster lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnson lined to left; Browne singled to center;
Hutto singled to third [Browne to second]; Stone was called out
on strikes; Bowa tripled to center [Browne scored, Hutto
scored]; JOSEPH BATTED FOR SHORT; GLADDING REPLACED LEMASTER
(PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR JOSEPH; Gamble singled to left
[Bowa scored]; G. JACKSON RAN FOR GAMBLE; Harmon singled to
third [G. Jackson to second]; Doyle struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: LERSCH REPLACED G. JACKSON (PITCHING); Morgan
singled to right; Morgan stole second; Davis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynn was walked intentionally; Rader
struck out while Morgan advanced to third and Wynn advanced to
second on a wild pitch; Hutto allowed a passed ball [Wynn to
third, Morgan scored (unearned)]; Menke grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: MILLER REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING RF); BEAUCHAMP
REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); PEPITONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson singled to
center; Browne singled to right [Johnson to second]; Hutto
reached on an error by Morgan [Johnson to third, Browne to
second, Hutto to first]; DILAURO REPLACED GLADDING (PITCHING);
Stone doubled to center [Johnson scored, Browne scored, Hutto
scored (unearned)]; MARSHALL REPLACED DILAURO (PITCHING); Stone
was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Bowa walked; WISE
BATTED FOR LERSCH; Bowa was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to second); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: HOERNER REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Miller singled to
right; Pepitone was called out on strikes; Bryant flied out to
right; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Martinez singled to left
[Miller to third]; Morgan doubled to left [Miller scored,
Martinez to third]; SELMA REPLACED HUTTO (PITCHING); COMPTON
REPLACED HOERNER (PLAYING C ); LAMPARD BATTED FOR BEAUCHAMP;
Lampard was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 7, Astros 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: LAMPARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BOUTON
REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); On a bunt Compton struck out;
Harmon singled to shortstop; Harmon stole second; Doyle grounded
out (pitcher to first); Hisle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 7, Astros 6.

ASTROS 9TH: Wynn walked; Rader singled to left [Wynn to third];
Menke struck out; Miller hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wynn
scored, Rader to second]; Pepitone was walked intentionally;
Bryant struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 7, Astros 7.

PHILLIES 10TH: Johnson singled to left; Browne struck out; Selma
struck out; Stone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Astros 7.

ASTROS 10TH: ALOU BATTED FOR BOUTON; Alou flied out to right;
Morgan walked; Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Lampard lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 7, Astros 7.

PHILLIES 11TH: RAY REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Bowa singled to
second; On a bunt Compton made an out to pitcher; Bowa stole
second; Harmon struck out; Doyle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 7, Astros 7.

ASTROS 11TH: Wynn singled to center; Rader out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wynn to second]; Menke singled to left
[Wynn scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Astros 8.



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